Improved caster for furniture



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROWLAND J. BEARDSLEY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK.

IMPROVED CASTER FOR FURNITURE.

Specification forming part of Letters Pat( nt No. 46,334, dated February 14, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROWLAND J. BEARDs- LEY, of Brooklyn, in the county ot' Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful 'Improvement in Wheel-Casters for Furniture, Snc.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved caster. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts in the several figures.

The object of my invention is to make a a wheel-caster that will hold more firmly to the 11g of the table or other piece of furniture trau when secured by nails or screws inserted through the flange ofthe hollow socket; and to this end it consists in cutting a screwthread on the hollow socket through which the spindle of the cast-er passes to enable the snid socket to be screw ed into a hole in the leg ot' a table, or other piece offurniture.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct casters according to my invention, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the drawings.

A is the socket of the caster, provided with a screw-thread upon its exterior, but otherwise substantially like the socket of other wheel-casters.

b is the revolving spindle, which connects the bracket C and wheel B with the socket, and allows the same to revolve freely. This spindle passes through the socket, which is. countersunk at its upper end, to enable the upper end ofthe spindle b to be riveted over in such manner as to form a countersunk head, Z1', and make a trmconncction with the socket.

The advantages of this caster over others are, the ease with which it is fastened to the end ofthe leg of any piece of furniture, and the lirm hold it takes. When it is applied to the leg, a hole is bored into the end of the latter, a little smaller than the screw-shank of the socket, so as to enable the shank to screw itself rrnly into the end ofthe leg, thus doing away with screws or nails, and with the necessity of making so large a hole, and thereby weakening theend ofthe leg, besides making a more secure attachment.

The flange a of the socket has two holes, d d, provided in it to receive a forked screwdriver, to screw it into the leg.

Havingthus described myinvention, I claim as a new article of manufacture- A wheel-caster having a screw-thread onwi- 

